Convened by the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT), the GTA Disability Coalition is a network of disability-led and allied organizations that mobilizes to influence systems change solutions to disability poverty, housing and transit inaccessibility. As part of the launch of their new website, they have started a newsletter!
If you’re interested in engaging or staying up to date with the GTADC’s work to advance the equity, rights, and full inclusion of disabled people and Deaf folks across the GTA, please check out our website and join them as a subscriber!
What you can expect
- Updates on GTADC’s City of Toronto engagement work such as City budgets and elections.
- Opportunities to get involved with key issues facing our communities, such as disability poverty, accessible AND affordable housing, and accessible transit.
- Information about their community events.
- Avenues for taking action on other disability related campaigns.
- Profiles of incredible people and organizations with whom they work in solidarity.
- A website built with high accessibility standards.
- No selling, sharing, or trading of our subscriber list.
- Their e-newsletter will begin later this spring.
- They promise not to bombard your inbox!
Crucial work they are engaging in right now includes:
- Social Planning Toronto’s City for All campaign to ensure disability representation and concerns our communities face are embedded in the City of Toronto’s fall election.
- Developing a submission for the National Housing Council’s Review Panel on the Lack of Accessible Housing in Canada to inform all layers of government about the grave need for accessible and affordable housing.
- Ongoing participation with TTCriders to protect door-to-door Wheel-Trans service and fare capping.
If you would like to advance GTADC’s disability centred justice work and participate in their calls to action, please join their community and share widely!
